How To Install App Grid 0.1.145 On Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, App Grid is a lightweight, closed source alternative for the Ubuntu Software Center. It has a modern and intuitive graphical user interface, offering a grid view of the installable applications, including screenshots and ratings.

The latest version available is App Grid 0.1.145, which has support for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. A list of changes is available below:

add support for utopic

remove support for precise (ie no more python2) (trusty is a newer LTS)

remove support for raring, quantal, saucy (EOL)

no longer wrap appgrid in bash script

fix for stricter pep8 and pyflakes

remove singletons.p

unify package metadata & update footer

update pot file

fix spelling mistake in nl.po

hallo Deutschland

no more gridded backgrounds

cleaner tiles on home screen

fix issue with duplicated apps in search results on second/third page

improved paging buttons on home screen

add support for paged scrolling through home screen

nicer alignments/spacing for home screen

modify alignments of details screen to better fit with home screen

rework (nearly everything in) the reviews screen

change gallery screen

only show support link if defined (ie don’t fallback to askubuntu)

don’t use Loading() in addons.py – causes many redraws

rewrite details view (nicer, faster, lighter, etc)

delete gallery view (now integrated in details)

delete reviews view (now integrated in details)

revamp home screen

delete pickers widget (no longer used in home screen)

use a more modern approach for trying to bring bug reports to lp:appgrid

unified deb – one package for trusty, utopic

set larger minimal window size

zoomed images should also use previous and next both on the right

decrease chance of running out of apps on the home screen

consistently use dotted smiles

implement smile menu

update pot file

update dutch translation

pyflakes / pep8

THIS IS A PREVIEW UPLOAD ONLY INTENDED FOR UTOPIC – DO NOT USE ON TRUSTY

In this article I will show you how to install App Grid 0.1.145 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, but it can be installed also on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and derivative systems: Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04 and Linux Lite 2.0, but it is not recommended.

For Ubuntu 14.10, App Grid 0.1.145 is available via PPA, so installing it is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the appgrid package. Like this:

While App Grid 0.1.45 has been created for Ubuntu 14.10, it can be installed on Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems. To do that, download the deb package from launchpad and install it via command-line. I prefer gdebi over dpkg, due to the fact that it also handles dependencies: